Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(Php 2:17)  “Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. (18) For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.”  Here the Holy Spirit is working in the Apostle Paul to bring about the teaching of  Verse 3,  “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”. In other words, he is giving them the benefit of the doubt: they will reach out to others; they will do all things without murmurings and disputing; they live as much as humanly possible harmless and blameless. God help us to live up to this wonderful spiritual standard!